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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Boethius ...
    The book called 'The Consolation of Philosophy' was throughout the Middle Ages, and down to the beginnings of the modern epoch in the sixteenth century, the scholar's familiar companion. Few books have exercised a wider influence in their time. It has been translated into every European tongue, and into English nearly a dozen times, from King Alfred's paraphrase to the translations of Lord Preston ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Anicius Boethius ...
    Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Boethius ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius,commonly called Boethius (ca. 480524 or 525 AD) was a philosopher of the early 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and prominent family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls... Boethius was imprisoned and eventually executed by King Theodoric the Great, who suspected him of conspiring with the ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    Translated by David R. Slavitt ...
    by Boethius ...
    In this highly praised new translation of Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy, David R. Slavitt presents a graceful, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of one of the great masterpieces of philosophical literature and those encountering it for the first time. Slavitt preserves the distinction between the alternating verse and prose sections in the Latin original, ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Boethius ...
    Written while Boethius was in prison awaiting execution, The Consolation of Philosophy consists of a dialogue in alternating prose and verse between the author, lamenting his own sorrows, and a majestic woman, who is the incarnation of his guardian Philosophy. The woman develops a modified form of Neoplatonism and Stoicism, demonstrating the unreality of earthly fortunes, then proving that the ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius (Special Illustrated Edition)

    by Boethius ...
    The Consolation of Philosophy is a work by the sixth-century philosopher Boethius that has been described as having had the single most important influence on the Christianity of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance and as the last great work of the Classical Period.The Consolation of Philosophy was written in AD 523 during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial – and ... Read more

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  • How to Cope

    An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship

    by Boethius, Philip Freeman ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    A vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy—a moving classic about facing life’s worst events with courage and hopeWhat do you do when your life has fallen apart? Fifteen hundred years ago, a Roman nobleman named Boethius (ca. 480–524 CE) asked this question as he was sitting in a prison cell waiting to die, accused—probably unjustly—of ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius

    by Boethius ...
    Translated by H. R. James ...
    Boethius' best-known work is the "Consolations of Philosophy" written during his imprisonment -- "by far the most interesting example of prison literature the world has ever seen." It is a dialogue between Philosophy and Boethius, in which the Queen of Sciences strives to console the fallen statesman. The main argument of the discourse is the transitoriness and unreality of all earthly greatness ... Read more

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  • The Meaning of Life: four classic books of philosophy and one essay

    by Boethius, Michel de Montaigne, Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    This file includes: The Consolation of Philosophy and Theological Tractates by Boethius (in both English and Latin), Essays of Montaigne (all 10 volumes), Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche, Rudolph Eucken A Philosophy of Life by Abel J. Jones, and The Philosophy of Despair by David Starr Jordan. ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy and The Theological Tractates

    by Boethius ...
    The original Latin text plus an English translation of both books. According to Wikipedia: "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (ca. 480524 or 525) was a Christian or pagan philosopher of the 6th century. He was born in Rome to an ancient and important family which included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius and many consuls. His father, Flavius Manlius Boethius, was consul in 487 after ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Boethius ...
    Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius, written around the year 524. It has been described as the single most important and influential work on philosophy in the West during Medieval times.Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius,commonly called Boethius (circa 480–525 AD), was a philosopher of the early 6th century.He was born in Rome to an ... Read more

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy (translated by Walter John Sedgefield)

    by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius ...
    In "The Consolation of Philosophy," translated by Walter John Sedgefield, Boethius presents a poignant exploration of the nature of happiness, fate, and the human condition during his unjust imprisonment. Written in the early sixth century, this philosophical treatise takes the form of a dialogue between Boethius and Lady Philosophy, who personifies wisdom. The work is characterized by its blend ... Read more

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